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Story: Whanganui region

Victoria Avenue, 1910s

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Victoria Avenue, 1910s

Whanganui was a thriving town in the 1910s – its 1911 population of over 12,500 was double that of 15 years earlier. These electric trams and horse-drawn vehicles make for a busy scene on the main street.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, L. Calvert Collection

Reference: PAColl-5749-2

by Frank J. Denton

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui region – Overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19001/victoria-avenue-1910s (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2015.